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RESEARCH
Journal Articles
Myers, S. A., Goodboy, A. K., Kromka, S. M., Shin, M., Pitts, S., & Bertelsen, D. A. (2021). A curricular view of communication course offerings of National Communication Association department members. Communication Education. https://doi.org/10.1080/03634523.2021.1951313
Goodboy, A. K., Bolkan, S., Kromka, S. M., & Knoster, K. C. (2021). Instructional dissent over the course of the semester. Communication Education. https://doi.org/10.1080/03634523.2021.1925718
Kromka, S. M., & Goodboy, A. K. (2021). The effects of relevant instructor self-disclosure on student affect and cognitive learning: A live lecture experiment. Communication Education, 70, 266-287. https://doi.org/10.1080/03634523.2021.1900583
Cohen, E. L., Seate, A. A., Kromka, S. M., Sutherland, A., Thomas, M., Skerda, K., & Nicholson, A. (2021). To correct or not correct? Social identity threats increase willingness to denounce fake news through presumed media influence and hostile media perceptions. Communication Research Reports, 37, 263-275. https://doi.org/10.1080/08824096.2020.1841622
Kromka, S. M., Goodboy, A. K., & Banks, J. (2020). Teaching with relevant (and irrelevant) storytelling in the college classroom. Communication Education, 69, 224-249. https://doi.org/10.1080/03634523.2019.1657156
Bolkan, S., Goodboy, A. K., & Kromka, S. M. (2020). Student assessment of narrative: Telling stories in the classroom. Communication Education, 69, 48-69. https://doi.org/10.1080/03634523.2019.162275
Goodboy, A. K., Bolkan, S., Knoster, K. C., & Kromka, S. M. (2019). Instructional dissent as an expression of students’ class-related achievement emotions. Communication Research Reports, 36, 265-274. https://doi.org/10.1080/08824096.2019.1634534
Kromka, S. M., & Goodboy, A. K. (2019). Classroom storytelling: Using instructor narratives to augment student learning, affect, and attention. Communication Education, 68, 20-43. https://doi.org/10.1080/03634523.2018.1529330
Rittenour, C. E., Kromka. S. M., Saunders, R. K., Davis, K., Garlitz, K., Opatz, S. N., Sutherland, A., & Thomas, M. J. (2018). Socializing the silent treatment: Parent and adult child communicated displeasure, identification, and satisfaction. Journal of Family Communication, 19, 77-93. . https://doi.org/10.1080/15267431.2018.1543187
Rittenour, C. E., Kromka, S. M., Pitts, S., Thorwart, M., Vickers, J., & Whyte, K. (2018). Communication surrounding estrangement: Stereotypes, attitudes, and (non) accommodation strategies. Behavioral Sciences, 8, 1-16. https://doi.org/10.3390/bs8100096
Myers, S. A., Baker, J. P., Barone, H., Kromka, S. M., & Pitts, S. (2018). Using rhetorical/relational goal theory to examine college students’ impressions of their instructors. Communication Research Reports, 35, 131-140. https://doi.org/10.1080/08824096.2017.1406848
Book Chapters
Kromka, S. M. (2021). Instructional humor as a teaching tool: A teaching example of how to effectively use humor in the classroom. In K. Vaidya (Ed.), Teach communication with a sense of humor: Why (and how) to be a funnier and more effective communication teacher and laugh all the way to your classroom. Curious Academic Publishing.
Myers, S. A., Garlitz, K. T., Kromka, S. M., Nicholson, A. L., Sutherland, A. D., & Thomas, M. J. (2018). Using rhetorical/relational goal theory to examine millennial students’ academic and relational needs. In A. Atay & M. Z. Ashlock (Eds.), Millennial culture and communication pedagogies: Narratives from the classroom and higher education. Lexington Books.
Convention Papers
Goodboy, A. K., Bolkan, S., Kromka, S. M., & Knoster, K. C. (2021, November). Instructional dissent over the course of the semester. Instructional Development Division, National Communication Association, Seattle, WA.
Kromka, S.M., & Goodboy, A. K. (2020, November). The effects of instructor self-disclosure on student affect and cognitive learning: A live lecture experiment. Top 4 Paper: Instructional Development Division, National Communication Association, Indianapolis, IN.
Kromka, S. M., Dillow, M. R., & Swain, A. C. (2020, May). How individuals discover and respond to putative secrets in the family. Interpersonal Communication Division, International Communication Association, Gold Coast, Australia.
Goodboy, A. K., Bolkan, S., Knoster, K. C., & Kromka, S. M. (2020, April). Instructional dissent as an expression of students’ class-related achievement emotions. Top 4 Paper: Instructional Communication Interest Group, Instructional Communication Interest Group, Eastern Communication Association, Baltimore, MD, (Conference canceled).
Kromka, S. M., Goodboy, A. K., & Banks, J. (2019, November). Teaching with relevant (and irrelevant) storytelling in the college classroom. Instructional Development Division, National Communication Association, Baltimore, MD.
Cohen, E., Atwell Seate, A., Kromka, S. M., Sutherland, A., Nicholson, A., Thomas, M., & Skerda, K. (2019, November). Speak up or look the other way? The role of presumed media influence, hostile media perceptions, and social identity threat in willingness to denounce fake news on Facebook. Mass Communication Division, National Communication Association, Baltimore, MD.
Kromka, S. M., Banks, J., & Goodboy, A. K. (2019, April). Classroom storytelling: Exploring relevant and irrelevant instructor narratives in the college classroom. Top Paper: Instructional Communication Interest Group, Eastern Communication Association, Providence, RI.
Kromka, S. M., & Booth-Butterfield, M. (2019, April). Laughing at oneself: Outcomes of instructor self-disparaging humor use in the classroom. Top 4 Paper: Instructional Communication Interest Group, Eastern Communication Association, Providence, RI.
Kromka, S. M., & Goodboy, A. K. (2018, November). Classroom storytelling: Using instructor narratives to augment student learning, affect, and attention. Instructional Development Division, National Communication Association, Salt Lake City, UT.
Kromka, S. M., & Myers, S. A. (2018, April). Students’ academic orientation and perceived instructor credibility in the college classroom. Instructional Communication Interest Group, Eastern Communication Association, Pittsburgh, PA.
Rittenour, C. E., Kromka, S. M., Pitts, S., Thorwart, M. A., Vickers, J., & Whyte, K. V. (2018, April). Stereotypes, attitudes, and (non) accommodative strategies for communicating with estranged adult children. Interpersonal Communication Interest Group, Eastern Communication Association, Pittsburgh, PA.
Myers, S. A., Baker, J. P., Barone, H., Kromka, S. M., & Pitts, S. (2018, April). Using rhetorical/relational goal theory to examine college students’ impressions of their instructors. Communication Education Interest Group, Central States Communication Association, Milwaukee, WI.
Myers, S. A., Baker, J., Kromka, S. M., & Pitts, S. (2017, November). Instructor-student perceptions of effective teaching behaviors. Instructional Development Division, National Communication Association, Dallas, TX.
Rittenour, C. E., Kromka, S. M., Saunders, R., Andrews, K., Anzur, C. K., Garlitz, K. T., Davis, K., Luo, Z., Nicholson, A., Opatz, S., Russell, R., Skerda, K., Smith, B., Sutherland, A., & Thomas, M. (2017, November). Socializing the silent treatment: Parent and Adult child communicated displeasure and its correlates with identification and relational quality. Family Communication Division, National Communication Association, Dallas, TX.
Convention Activities
Shimon, T., & Kromka, S. M. (2021, November). SPARK: Practicing compliance-gaining strategies in everyday life. Experiential Learning in Communication Division, National Communication Association, Seattle, WA.
Kromka, S. M. (2020, November). NCA Teachers on Teaching Series. National Communication Association, Indianapolis, IN.
Kromka, S. M. (2020, November). Hindsight 2020: Graduate peer advice for publishing.
National Communication Association, Indianapolis, IN.
Kromka, S. M. (2020, April). Assessing students’ understanding of concepts in persuasion; Using Classroom Assessment Techniques (CATs) to assess student learning. Instructional Communication Interest Group, Eastern Communication Association, Baltimore, MD, (Conference canceled).
Kromka, S. M. (2019, April). “Tell me a story”: Theory application paper activity. Great Ideas For Teaching Students (G.I.F.T.S.) Session, Eastern Communication Association, Providence, RI.
Kromka, S. M. (2018, November). How to make sparks fly!: Playing with Tinder profiles to teach features of interpersonal communications. Great Ideas For Teaching Students (G.I.F.T.S.) Session, National Communication Association, Salt Lake City, UT.
Kromka, S. M. (2018, November). Scholar office hours. National Communication Association, Salt Lake City, UT.
Kromka, S. M. (2018, April). How students learn: Theoretical perspectives from educational psychology to incorporate into instructional communication research. Instructional Communication Interest Group, Eastern Communication Association, Pittsburgh, PA
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